My Girl Scout Cookie Haul
I’ve often wondered why someone would buy Girl Scout Cookie Thin Mints when there is a facsimile available in the form of Keebler Grasshoppers. Apparently I’m not the only one who has pondered this cookie dilemma.
Keebler – Fudgeshoppe Grasshopper Cookies
Girl Scout Cookie Thin Mint, Keebler Grass Hopper
I would have to disagree with the linked bloggers. The Thin Mints have a much mintier taste, and due to the larger size, more crunchiness per cookie. Eating a couple consecutively results in a nice cookie slurry in your mouth. The grasshoppers DO have more of a fudgey taste, but it’s not what I’m looking for.
Both cookies are best right out of the freezer.
Girl Scout Thin Mints are the clear winner in my mind. I think I paid $3.50 a box? See you local girl scout for details or ebay.
Tags: chocolate, Cookies, ebay, Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scouts, Grasshoppers, Keebler, mint, Slurry, Thin Mints
Whats4lunch (Nick's Guide to Grub) 
May 15, 2008 at 1:29 pm |
Great idea! You also get to support a great organization by purchasing the box of Girl Scout cookies, which doesn’t exactly factor into taste, but perhaps overall satisfaction. I’m a big thin mint fan myself. Nice to know they’re still the tops.
February 10, 2009 at 10:35 am |
Head to head girlscout battle! I love it! Really no elf can take down the young superhero that is a girlscout.
March 14, 2009 at 6:15 pm |
OMG!!!! Girlscout’s VS Ernie the elf!!
March 20, 2009 at 3:06 pm |
Keebler makes both cookies. That’s probably why it is almost impossible to tell the difference between them:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/22/60minutes/rooney/main1429569.shtml
March 20, 2009 at 4:12 pm |
I can tell a difference, and I believe the boxen I had were from ABC bakers, not Little Brownie.
Thanks for the link.
February 3, 2012 at 12:04 pm |
The fact that you said “boxen” makes you my best friend…
February 11, 2013 at 11:18 pm |
ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers are both owned by Keebler. Keebler being owned by Kellogg’s Company. Very minor differences.
March 2, 2010 at 4:59 pm |
I prefer the grasshoppers to thin mints. They’re cheaper, and I can get them whenever I want.
March 11, 2010 at 8:19 pm |
[…] right? Well, upon closer inspection, the sound was coming from inside an unopened package of Grasshoppers. Eat me. What else was I to do??? I ate one. And another one. And one more. And … […]
February 16, 2011 at 11:39 am |
Yes, I agree Thin Mints taste good. I’ve never had the other. Obviously, neither is good for us. However, nobody has stated the obvious:
We buy Girl Scout cookies to support the efforts of the Girl Scouts, and to pitch in with the training of girls and women to volunteer in their communities!!!
February 28, 2011 at 12:48 pm |
Through the years GS cookies have gotten crappier as well as more expensive. I’ll go with the elf… and if both are made by Keebler, (which I doubt), then Ernie is REALLY ripping off the scouts since the taste is not half as good compared to the Grasshoppers.
February 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm |
After reading these posts I’ve concluded we have a lot of morons on our hands. We buy Girl Scout cookies to not only help our local communities but to also help put young girls through summer camp and other fun learning exercises, the same reason we buy popcorn and trash bags from the Boy Scouts. Part of the fees attached to the cost of the item is going to a much better cause.
October 29, 2012 at 3:47 am |
After reading your post I concluded that if you really want to pay 3 times what these items are worth, then I wouldn’t be calling others “morons”, were I you.
March 2, 2011 at 8:55 am |
To blow all your minds away, Keebler and Little Brownie Bakers – the manufacturer of Girl Scout Cookies are both owned by the same parent company – Kellogg’s. It is no wonder Thin Mints and Grasshoppoers are so similar as well as Samoas and Coconut Dreams.
October 29, 2012 at 3:49 am |
I’ll need to try Coconut Dream. I hope the similarity doesn’t extend to the staleness of the Samoas.
November 8, 2011 at 8:42 pm |
Girl scout cookies are much tastier. They copied samas too
January 19, 2012 at 4:48 am |
Isn’t imitation the best form of flattery? As previously mentioned, they are likely made by the same company. Anyhow, it appears that the Girl Scouts have enough of a “cult following” that they won’t be in trouble because of similar cookies being sold year-round.
When “cookie time” rolls around, I buy at least a couple boxes of GS cookies. The rest of the year, I choose not to “go without” and purchase Keebler. As long as the GS can keep their prices remotely close to others on the market, they shouldn’t have any troubles
August 16, 2012 at 10:07 am |
After I found out that only a small percentage of GS cookie sales actually goes to the local troop, I quit buying the overpriced cookies and just donate to the troop the amount I would have spent for cookies. They end up with more money, I end up with less waistline.
October 29, 2012 at 3:50 am |
Now THERE’S a wonderful idea! Thanks!
August 20, 2012 at 9:26 pm |
I used to love GS Thin Mints and deal with Grasshoppers, BUT better than both by far: Mint Thins from Dollar General. I can eat a sleeve of those before I leave the store and not know what happened. They are mintier, crunchier, sooo delicate and delectable and at less than $2 a box, I don’t know how they can afford to make them out of crack. Seriously, I am addicted these cookies. Buy them, everyone, so they continue production forever.
May 12, 2013 at 1:40 pm |
Grasshoppers all the way! Both come from the same manufacturer and after all the scandal with the Girl Scouts not giving the money to the kids and liquidating all the camps, why would you not use your savings to directly donate to the kids! Unless you are all about supporting CEOs and salaries, I think the answer is pretty obvious 🙂
October 2, 2014 at 3:47 pm |
little brownie baker (the girl scout baker) works with keebler